A firefighter with the Osceola County Fire Rescue is in the hospital after being struck in the head with an ax while caring for a patient, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said. Personnel from Station 62 were dispatched to a home in Kissimmee Wednesday after receiving a call of a woman having trouble breathing, according to a news release.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando

A Prince George's County home was evacuated Thursday morning after a fire during the early morning hours. The fire was reported around 5:45 a.m. in the 12000 block of Aspenwood Lane in the Laurel area. Officials say the fire has extended through roof of the home and that the house has been evacuated.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTTG-TV FOX 5 Washington DC

PHOTO: Kids look up to Smokey Bear and his important fire-prevention messaging. Now they’ll also get the chance to look up – way up – at Smokey’s familiar face and trademark hat Aug. 19-21 during the U.P. State Fair in Escanaba. The New Mexico-based hot air balloon made in Smokey Bear’s image will ascend on a tether several times near the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Pocket Park during the fair.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUC-TV NBC/FOX 6 Marquette

PHOTOS: The original Bellport Fire House was built in 1893 on South Country Road. In 1937, it was moved to the rear lot facing Woodruff Street to make way for the new updated building. By 1975, when it was time to expand, the building was either to be demolished or moved. Luckily, for the history buffs, the fire department was able to have it moved to a leveled lot in the historic district of the village on Bell Street, the former site of a historical barn, which had been moved to the Bellport Brookhaven Historical Society property just across the way.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Long Island Advance

More than 98% of US residents now live in an area where there is a "high" or "substantial" risk of COVID-19 community transmission, up from 19% of residents only a month ago. This sharp turn has been driven in large part by the highly infectious Delta variant and low vaccination rates in many regions.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health